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21/08/2014
Fishing Report by Anthony Hobden
on Lillie May (Beer, Devon)
21 Aug 2014 by Anthony Hobden
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Great time fishing with my boy - Paul was a very experienced and helpful skipper
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15/08/2014
Fishing Report by Terry Morris Tel: 07855 033155
on Out The Blue (Poole, Dorset)
15 Aug 2014 by Terry Morris Tel: 07855 033155
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Well, what can I say. The season kicked off with mackerel abundant then all of a sudden they were gone! However. having twigged this and purchased a freezer load of squid the fishing has still been very good with big bags of ling,,whiting, some cod and pollock although a little smaller than the norm. Now the mackerel are back and the cod and pollock are getting bigger. Blue sharks seam to be of a bigger stamp this year with a couple over the 100lb so far.
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Aug 2014 by Sam Cumming
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It’s been another good month of weather down here in Poole with mostly light winds and sunny conditions and only one or two trips cancelled. I’m pleased to report that the mackerel did finally turn up in reasonable quantity at the end of July which has made the trips where we are live baiting much easier. Earlier on in June it was taking up to 3 hours to get enough mackerel just to have a few drifts. Offshore the wrecks have been producing good numbers of ling, more than I have had in previous years. We are targeting them by bouncing a mackerel flapper on a heavy mono trace over the wreckage at slack water. The cod have stayed later than usual this year, we are still finding good numbers on certain long distance wrecks even though they are usually starting to disappear at this point in the season. The pollock have spread out onto patches of rough ground in the channel to feed on shoals of scad. We have enjoyed some fantastic sport targeting them with sidewinder lures, one return trip from Cherbourg saw a group of anglers land 72 pollock to 16lb in just 10 drifts which has to be some of the best fishing I’ve ever seen on open ground. The inshore side of things has been throwing up some really good bass on the live baits. Amelia Clegg caught her first ever bass weighing in at 12lb 9oz using the free line method, the biggest so far this year and the 7th double figure we have had so far this season. In the next month I’m looking forward to our a last few cross channel trips of the year and targeting some big black bream out on the wrecks.
Sam Cumming
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09/08/2014
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
9 Aug 2014 by jon old
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Windy old day again whats new? Hands tied once again making us stay inshore we decided to try our winter spot down at good old Corton. Started a bit slow, few small smoothies came aboard, bit too slow for my liking decided to have a move slightly further off in the deeper water. The move paid off with a few small codling bit amazed to see this time of year, then to add insult to injury whiting decided to make a show!
One lucky person pictured here caught a nice size lobster David Mingay most popular angler on the boat that day, to top it all Ian who caught another lobster few months ago was on too! How bizzare! Few more smoothies to finish the day off , moved up to the flatty ground on the ebb but very poor for them, just more small smoothies. Enjoyed the day despite the wind not allowing us out, everyone caught a few fish, thanks to all the lads and hope Dave enjoyed his posh meal!
all the best.
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Aug 2014 by Ross Parham
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Just a quick report on how the wreck fishing has been on board Spot On from Brixham recently.
The offshore wrecks have been producing good numbers of summer Pollock and cod with the odd ling thrown in and its good to see most fish are full with the arrival of sprats which has turned the fish into a feeding frenzy making for some great catches.
Inshore wrecks have proved a little slow with the odd bass being caught but mainly consisting of small Pollock and pout and a few small codling, anchoring a couple of times has produced conger eels and this years first Black bream for spot on.
All the fish have been falling to either Bazinder's, eddystone's or sidewinder lures
Pictured is another 20lb+ Cod caught on board Spot On from Brixham devon.
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30/07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
30 Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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Wednesday 30th July saw Spot On cruise around to Dartmouth to pick up the Manor angling crew at kingswear as requested and we then steamed out to the skerries banks in search of Plaice.
The first drift did not disappoint as from the off we were into lots of the little flatties with 24 fish landed on the first drift, the day did slow down as the tide eased and this saw gurnards, dogfish and cuttle fish being caught along with many more plaice.
We had a nice small eyed ray also and some nice fat plaice with two 4lb+ fish landed with the biggest going 4lb 12oz for Phil closely followed by a 4lb 8oz specimen for Plymouth angler Barry.
A few more plaice well over the 2.5lb mark and some going over 3lb made up a great day of 107 plaice in total with 75% returned to get bigger, top rod was on 21 plaice at the end of the day.
Top bait was fresh ragworm supplied by Manor angling of paington tipped with squid, the best bead combination will be left secret.
The last 4 trips have seen numbers of plaice range from 60 fish to 107 so the skerries is fishing very well for spot On at present.
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Pictured is 2 fine specimens of Skerries plaice for Phil and Bob with the biggest being 4lb 12oz. View Boats Page
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29/07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
29 Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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Spot On travelled to looe this year for a days shark fishing and with 6 persons on board we left Looe at 6:00am in search of Blue sharks.
With the 'stinky' slick in motion and the 7 rods in the water fishing we didn't have to wait long until our first run but unfortunately after leaving it we reeled in to check the bait and only half a mackerel was left, still a good sign a shark was in the area, about 10 minutes later and first shark was on and to be honest not a fighter, perhaps it was too early for it and was still half asleep, the shark wasn't big and using length and girth formula weighed in at 38lb's. Rods back in the water with fresh baits and number 2 shark was hooked, again a small Blue going 42lb's.
Again we had another 2 runs with one hook bait completely gone and another bitten in half.
After an hour or so wait we had another shark on and this time felt a bit bigger with it running side to side and as the fin broke the surface we could see it was a nice fish, unfortunately some 10minutes into battle and trying to tempt it closer to the boat the wire trace broke near the hook and the shark was lost.
Half an hour passed and we were on again with the furthest rod bending over and after a 20 minute battle a nice Blue shark of 68lb was boated.
It was around 3pm when we had another blue take our baits so it was battle stations again and not long after the front rod also had a run so number two shark was on in this double hook up so the fun began with both sharks fighting well and each angler taking in turns to tire there shark out for it to be landed, measured, unhooked, quick pose for a photo then carefully released, we did boat both and were fine small specimens again that gave a good account for themselves as the videos show on facebook, going 41lb's and 39lb's.
Another hit and miss run at the end of the day and we steamed back into port with happy anglers and memories of those amazing creatures.
We ended the day with 5 sharks landed, 1 on and bitten through trace, bottom fishing was also ok with some nice size whiting and few doggies to pass the time.
Remember Spot On is the ONLY charter boat to catch sharks from Brixham and also boasts a 100% catch rate on its shark trips to date, others in the port may try but none can match Spot On when it comes to results!!!
Pictured is one of the Blues battling next to the boat.
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View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 09/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip, wrecking on the way over and on the way back and targeting Turbot and Brill on the banks. Max of 8 on the boat.View details Tue 10/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip, wrecking on the way over and on the way back and targeting Turbot and Brill on the banks. Max of 8 on the boat.View details Wed 11/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip, wrecking on the way over and on the way back and targeting Turbot and Brill on the banks. Max of 8 on the boat.View details Thu 12/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip, wrecking on the way over and on the way back and targeting Turbot and Brill on the banks. Max of 8 on the boat.View details Fri 13/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip, wrecking on the way over and on the way back and targeting Turbot and Brill on the banks. Max of 8 on the boat.View details -
13/08/2014
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
13 Aug 2014 by brian poppy
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An evening trip proved to be a sucess with the party all having fish with 5 rooker the best going just under 10lb and 4 nice hounds it was the biggest tide of the year but i got it spot on we left at 16.15 got on the mark as the ebb tide was easing off and straight away into fish with kerin getting the first hound and his son Jake getting the first rooker the fish came in steady until slack water we hung on and fished a bit of the flood but nothing showed only one small hound hope you enjoy your meal at The Sailors Home Kessingland Joe/Dave/Matt good luck if i dont see you Friday Night,Brian.
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09/08/2014
Fishing Report by David Mingay
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
9 Aug 2014 by David Mingay
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Who needs fish when you can have lobster and very nice it was to. Another hard days fishing but as always Jon was happy making tea, handing out biscuits & chocy bars Oh yes and trying to find us some fish. Tight lines all.
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07/08/2014
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
7 Aug 2014 by jon old
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Today was first bit of relief from the wind for once, still looking for those scarce mackerel we decided to catch first slack so was all a hour early. First bank produced sandeels as expected ,few weavers thrown in, second bank the same more sandeels, third bank more sandeels!!! No mackerel at all again just not cricket! Passed over a inshore wreck very forgiving with little snags, bagged a few nice cod pictured here with John, biggest seven pound, returned several undersized and just over the limit, Headed out north to the Newarp and sat in a perfect position had great sport from here over the years apart from today . A few flatties was all to show for it , plus a half eaten whiting taken by what we presume would be a tope but stories of megladon sound better. Ended up the day coming inshore to catch handfull of smoothies on the inshore mark, wasnt the greatest of days but thousands of sandeels, few flatties, smoothies and too many weavers and few nice cod and it didnt rain what better way to spend the day. Many thanks to Carl for organising the trip, look forward to seeing you boys soon.
Cheers. Jon. High Flyer. View Boats Page
